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The Toyark › Toyark Spotlight › 2009 Toyark Toy of the Year is ROTF Optimus Prime

2009 Toyark Toy of the Year is ROTF Optimus Prime

Posted on December 29, 2009 at 4:05 pm by Super_Megatron under Toyark Spotlight

A highly improved sculpt over the original, Hasbro’s Revenge of the Fallen Optimus Prime has been chosen by the members of Toyark.com as their 2009 Toyark Toy of the Year with 31.03% of the vote.

Coming in at second place was Hasbro’s City Strike/Resolute Snake Eyes with 18.97% of the vote followed in 3rd place by Mattel’s Masters of the Universe Classics Hordak with 13.79% of the vote.

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  1. Super_Megatron's Avatar Super_Megatron says

    12-16-2009, 12:30 PM

    The fans have nominated their favorite DC toys, EXCLUSIVE toys, G.I. JOE toys, MACROSS toys, MARVEL toys, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE toys, STAR WARS toys, TRANSFORMERS toys, VIDEO GAME toys and MISC toys of 2009. Now you can vote for the 2009 Toyark Toy of the Year.

  2. Da_Last_2_Walk's Avatar Da_Last_2_Walk says

    12-16-2009, 12:41 PM

    Hordak!

  3. TheSymbiote's Avatar TheSymbiote says

    12-16-2009, 12:53 PM

    Vote The Maxx for toyark toy of the year 09,The Maxx would vote for you if you were running for toy of the year.

  4. Ravenxl7's Avatar Ravenxl7 says

    12-16-2009, 01:10 PM

    RotF Leader class Optimus Prime. Mostly because he's the only one in the group that I have, but he is really good too.

  5. MegaPrime33's Avatar MegaPrime33 says

    12-16-2009, 01:32 PM

    Had to go with Hordak on this one. Though Skywarp is a close second.

  6. drew2kew has no avatar! drew2kew says

    12-16-2009, 02:39 PM

    City Strike Snake Eyes. Its awesome to the max

  7. Shin Densetsu's Avatar Shin Densetsu says

    12-16-2009, 03:47 PM

    Going with ROTF Leader Prime for this one. It is a massive improvement over the previous version from 2 years ago, in many ways that surprised most of the fandom. Sturdy, highly articulated, and looks much closer to the movie CGI models than the previous version; a definite improvement.

    While the Buster Prime from TakaraTomy looks better, I'll have to say the US version here is still worthy of toy of the year. Out of all the summer blockbuster movie based toylines, ROTF seems to have been the most successful, and this Prime figure certainly helped with that.

    Despite the high level of detail, it's still rugged enough to be played with. It's got great heft, an involved and rather challenging tranformation, and overall it's just pretty damn impressive. Kudos to Haskaromy for turning out a bad ass version of Prime for the mass market.

  8. clevelandhags's Avatar clevelandhags says

    12-16-2009, 04:06 PM

    City Strike Snake Eyes

  9. Optimus Scourge's Avatar Optimus Scourge says

    12-16-2009, 04:18 PM

    City Strike Snake Eyes

  10. scarecrow's Avatar scarecrow says

    12-16-2009, 05:47 PM

    I've got to go with City Strike Snake Eyes. The sculpting on such a small figure is phenominal, I just can't ignore this toy.

  11. RenegadeReviews's Avatar RenegadeReviews says

    12-16-2009, 09:13 PM

    "Doesn't look like it's going well, eh?"
    Nah, Wade, it doesn't... Think you'll be okay?
    "Please, that blind ninja ain't got nothin' on me?"
    Um, pretty sure he's not blind...
    "Really? Then why does he wear that ridiculous visor? Like... He actually knows how that looks?!"

    Er, Deadpool.

  12. Super_Megatron's Avatar Super_Megatron says

    12-18-2009, 10:02 AM

    I'm going to have to go with Prime on this one.

  13. Prem1x's Avatar Prem1x says

    12-18-2009, 11:08 AM

    I came in to vote for Marvel's Deadpool.
    Hey, thanks man. Bea Arthur's got nothing on you.
    But even though I don't have one, that AT TE looks like the funnest toy.
    Awww. I've got two of those in my garage if that changes your mind.

    /stealing renegade's shtick.

  14. ericdbright has no avatar! ericdbright says

    12-18-2009, 11:55 AM

    Boo to Optimus Prime. Its the same friggin thing from a couple of years ago repainted. It's a good toy, but not even my fave TF toy from this year.

  15. Shin Densetsu's Avatar Shin Densetsu says

    12-18-2009, 02:22 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ericdbright View Post
    Boo to Optimus Prime. Its the same friggin thing from a couple of years ago repainted. It's a good toy, but not even my fave TF toy from this year.
    Leader Optimus Prime is an all new mold. The only repainted Prime in the US ROTF line is voyager Prime from TF1. The only repaints ROTF leader Prime has are over in Japan, one as a DVD exclusive in black, and Buster Optimus.

  16. Soundwave.ca has no avatar! Soundwave.ca says

    12-20-2009, 06:28 PM

    ROTF Prime is overrated

    And were are all the Macross fans at? The VF-11B kicks the crap out of all of these toys :lol

  17. scarecrow's Avatar scarecrow says

    12-20-2009, 06:31 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Soundwave.ca View Post
    ROTF Prime is overrated

    And were are all the Macross fans at? The VF-11B kicks the crap out of all of these toys :lol
    Macross is overrated:P

  18. Shin Densetsu's Avatar Shin Densetsu says

    12-20-2009, 09:25 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Soundwave.ca View Post
    ROTF Prime is overrated

    And were are all the Macross fans at? The VF-11B kicks the crap out of all of these toys :lol
    Haven't got mine yet! Man you and Razer are bad influences....you guys basically Daedalus punched my wallet when it came to asking how cool the Macross Plus 1/60 yammie yum yums were.

  19. Shin Densetsu's Avatar Shin Densetsu says

    12-20-2009, 09:26 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by scarecrow View Post
    Macross is overrated:P
    No.

  20. trebleshot's Avatar trebleshot says

    12-20-2009, 10:08 PM

    Went with MP Skywarp. I actually like the mold, and Skywarp has always been my favorite of the seekers. But I do give it up to ROTF Prime as a very close second, followed by CS Snake-Eyes and Deadpool fighting it out for 3rd.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Shin Densetsu View Post
    Going with ROTF Leader Prime for this one. It is a massive improvement over the previous version from 2 years ago, in many ways that surprised most of the fandom. Sturdy, highly articulated, and looks much closer to the movie CGI models than the previous version; a definite improvement.

    While the Buster Prime from TakaraTomy looks better, I'll have to say the US version here is still worthy of toy of the year. Out of all the summer blockbuster movie based toylines, ROTF seems to have been the most successful, and this Prime figure certainly helped with that.

    Despite the high level of detail, it's still rugged enough to be played with. It's got great heft, an involved and rather challenging tranformation, and overall it's just pretty damn impressive. Kudos to Haskaromy for turning out a bad ass version of Prime for the mass market.
    Not to mention he can combine with Jetfire, which is also an impressive toy regardless of what anyone thinks of the movie's portrayal of his character.

  21. Shin Densetsu's Avatar Shin Densetsu says

    12-20-2009, 10:44 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by trebleshot View Post
    Went with MP Skywarp. I actually like the mold, and Skywarp has always been my favorite of the seekers. But I do give it up to ROTF Prime as a very close second, followed by CS Snake-Eyes and Deadpool fighting it out for 3rd.



    Not to mention he can combine with Jetfire, which is also an impressive toy regardless of what anyone thinks of the movie's portrayal of his character.
    MP Skywarp is awesome, to be honest, the MP-03 mold is my favorite Transformer mold of all time(though arguably this is a tough one considering that Jetfire, another Kawamori derived design(he worked on the 1/55 VF-1 which in turn was used for Jetfire, long story short), with MP Thundercracker being my favorite Transformer(using the MP-03 mold though it's MP-07 I think or whatever, I forgot the exact number).

    Impressed by Starscream, floored by Thundercracker(got the Japanese version), so with Skywarp, I love it, but it didn't make as much as an impact on me compared to his brothers because I already knew what I was in for. Now ROTF Prime...amazing! Buster Prime looks even better and the new 2 pack with Buster Prime with battle mask looks to be the definitive leader movie Prime unless Haskaromy makes a Human Alliance Prime or TF3 Prime.

    Jetfire is a great figure too. I actually didn't mind his alt mode, and his robot mode is fun. He is HUGE in alt mode! If you combine him using the alterations suggested at TFW2005(I think it's switching the direction of Prime's feet), he has MUCH more range of motion and articulation in combined mode! Not to mention, what you come up with on your own almost always looks better than the stock combination on the box.

  22. Snowflakian's Avatar Snowflakian says

    12-21-2009, 12:52 AM

    I'm stuck between ROTF prime, Snake eyes, and Hordak...

    So I ended up voting for the one that's the most complex. ROTF Prime.
    But honestly, all 3 of those are equal in my eyes as best figures ever.

  23. Megatronwp38 has no avatar! Megatronwp38 says

    12-22-2009, 03:52 PM

    ROTF Prime

  24. nomad1632's Avatar nomad1632 says

    12-29-2009, 06:55 PM

    all three choices suck there are far better toys that have come out this year.

  25. Super_Megatron's Avatar Super_Megatron says

    12-29-2009, 06:56 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by nomad1632 View Post
    all three choices suck there are far better toys that have come out this year.
    What did you nominate/vote for?

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